Civil Society in Ukraine

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Clarissa

April 10, 2015

In a large Ukrainian city, municipal authorities are too lazy and corrupt to mark pedestrian crossings.

So people decided to stop waiting for these idiots to grow a conscience. They got together and painted the crossings:

When the photos of the crossings started to appear on social media, Kremlinbots began to flip out in a frenzy of, “This is propaganda of homosexuality! You are all gay! We knew it this entire time! Evil Ukrainian gays are destroying traditional values!”

Ukrainians are, of course, finding this all absolutely hilarious.

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8 responses to “Civil Society in Ukraine”

Shakti

April 10, 2015

Hopscotch! 😀

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thelyniezian

April 10, 2015

Because rainbow colours must always equal gay. Erm… not necessarily.

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thelyniezian

April 10, 2015

Actually that’s pretty cool. It does vaguely remind me of something sillier and more obviously vandalism, but equally as cool- a pedestrian underpass in the city I was at university in which had all its lights covered in different coloured spray paint, which I nicknamed the “Psychadelic Subway” (subway as far as I know meaning a pedestrian underpass in the UK, not an underground light railway).

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Pen

April 10, 2015

It reminds me of the signs that were set up in–I think–Amsterdam when Putin visited. I love it.

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Evelina Anville

April 10, 2015

Beautiful. This made me smile from ear to ear. 🙂

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sugs

April 14, 2015

Funny! This is very bright and gay, but how can a crossing be homosexual?

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1. Clarissa
  
  April 14, 2015
  
  It’s painted in the colors of the rainbow flag that’s associated with the LGBTQ movement.
  
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Jones

April 15, 2015

Now all you need is a Ukrainian Banksy and this could be your Bristol … 🙂

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